Truckies want end to carbon tax fuel plan

The trucking industry wants the next federal government to drop any commitment to put a carbon tax on fuel.

The Opposition says if elected it will drop the carbon tax.

But Labor wants to tax fuel in heavy vehicles at 1.6 cents per litre from next year.

Stuart St Clair, from the Australian Trucking Association, says the industry is already moving to greener alternatives and a tax won't help.

"You're not going to deal with the way you do your deliveries today any more efficiently or differently. There's no incentive," he said.

"What we're looking forward to doing is actually using safer, longer trucks over a period of time - more efficient, high productive vehicles - and that in turn will reduce the consumption of not only fuel, but the emissions that come from it."